Improving Care for Inpatient Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: Addressing the Lack of Rigorous Research on a Common Condition

Tessa L Steel^{1

2}, Katharine A Bradley^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division, Seattle, Washington.
² Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and.
³ Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.

Editorial

Tessa L Steel et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;18(10):1622-1623.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202105-591ED.

Tessa L Steel^{1

2}, Katharine A Bradley^{2

3}

¹ VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division, Seattle, Washington.
² Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and.
³ Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.

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Figures

Implementation of a Phenobarbital-based Pathway for Severe Alcohol Withdrawal: A Mixed-Method Study.
Bosch NA, Crable EL, Ackerbauer KA, Clark K, Drainoni ML, Grim V, Ieong MH, Walkey AJ, Murphy J. Bosch NA, et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Oct;18(10):1708-1716. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202102-121OC. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021. PMID: 33945771

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